Blow-over remover for bottle-making machines.



' mmm J. G. LEPPER. BLOW- OVER BEMOVER FOB. BOTTLE MAKING MACHINES.APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1912.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Subemtoz JOHN G. LEPPER, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR'TO BOOTH,SCHELLINGER -AND WILLIAMS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

BLOW-OVER REMOVER 'FOR BOTTLE-MAKING. MACHINES.

Application filed November 1, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. LEPPER, a citizenof the United States, residing at aterbury, in the county of New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBlow-Over Removers for Bottle-Making Machines, of which the following isa specification.

his invention relates generally to a bottle making machine and moreparticularly to a device intended to cut off and remove from the machinethe blow-over formed upon the top of the bottle and mold during v themolding operation.

In a machine for making bottles, such as shown and described inapplications filed October 13, 1911, and January 3, 1912, a bottle moldis located upon a movable turret and the bottle is blown within the moldmanually and after the bottle blowing operation has been accomplishedthe turret carrying the mold starts away from its initial position forthe purpose of having the neck reheated by means of a movable glory o eand in order to remove the blowover before the mold comes into alinementwith the said glory hole I provide a device for cutting off and blowingaway this blow-over, and with this object in view, my invention consistsin the novel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a planView of a portion of the bottle making machine showing the relativepositions of the mold, glory hole and blow-over removed. Fig. 2 is asectional elevation showing the relative positions of the bottle moldand blowover remover and, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of theblow-over remover disconnected from any actuating mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a bottle mold which is arrangedupon a movable turret B, and C indicates the glory hole which is adaptedto heat the neck of the bottle blown in the mold A so that an automaticfinishing tool may be brought into operation upon-the reheated neck ofthe molded bottle. Before, however, the neck can be reheated by means ofthe glory hole 1t is necessary to remove the blow-over 5 and in order toquickly and neatly accom- Specification of Letterslatjent.

Serial No, 729,143.

' plish'this removal I provide a device ad- Jacent to the initialposition of the mold and glory hole and in line of movement of the mold,said device D comprising a fiat circular disk D, the edge of which isbeveled and serrated similar to a circular saw as shown at D and thisdisk D has a central hub D from which radiate a series of curved Wingsor blades D. A shaft D is secured in the hub D and connected with aflexible shaft D or this shaft D may be provided with gears or rotatedin any other suitable manner. This saw-toothed disk carrying the radialwings or blades is rotated very rapidly and consequently as it comes incontact with the low-over it neatly cuts oil the same and blows fineparticles of glass completely away from the machine, thereby not onlyremoving the blow-over but preventing the accumulation of glass in themachine. Furthermore the position of this device being fixed by means ofa bracket D it is obvious that the cutting ofl of the blow-over will beaccurate leaving only a definite and fixed amount of glass projectingabove the top of the mold, the relative positions of the bottle mold andremover being most clearly shown in Fig. 2.

device constructed, arranged and operated as herein shown and describedeffec tively cuts ofi and removes the blow-over and the molded bottlepasses on to be operated upon by the movable glory-hole as deferred to.

What 'I claim is l. A device of the kind described comprising a rotatingdisk, the edge thereof being serrated, the upper surface of said diskbeing provided with radial wings.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a rotary disk, the edge ofwhich is serrated, said disk having a central hub and radial wingsextending therefrom, as set forth.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a rotary disk, the edge ofwhich is serrated, said disk having a central hub and curved radialwings extending therefrom, together with means for rotating said disk,as set .forth.

4. The combination with a mold adapted to travel in the arc of a circle,of a rotary disk {arranged in the line of travel of said i Patented Jan.121915;

to travel, of a blow-over remover arranged adjacent tosaid mold and inline of said travel whereby as the mold moves the blow-over of thebottle will be removed, 10 asset forth. I

JOHN G. LEPPER.

Witnesses:

GHAS E. BROOK, SAMUEL P. WILLIAMS, Jr;

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a a Washington, D. 0." Y

